To put an argument into standard form, one should identify
Question : __________.
Student Answer:
who benefits from winning
the premises and the conclusion
whether the conclusion is true
whether it is interesting
Instructor The answer can be found in Section 2.2, “Putting Arguments in the
Explanation: Standard Form,” of With Good Reason: A Guide to Critical Thinking.
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:
Question 2. Question : Which of the following is a claim?
Student Answer:
Calculate the velocity of the alpha particle.
Did you calculate the velocity of the alpha particle?
, Awesome!
Alpha particles are bare protons.
Instructor The answer can be found in Section 2.1, “Arguments in Logic,”
Explanation: of With Good Reason: A Guide to Critical Thinking.
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:
Question 3. Question : Intellectual modesty is __________.
Student Answer:
the ability to examine one’s own beliefs and be objective
about faults in those beliefs
the tendency to desire to be right in all circumstances
the ability to attack others’ beliefs in the attempt to prove
them wrong
the ability to bring about the good in one’s life
Question : __________.
Student Answer:
who benefits from winning
the premises and the conclusion
whether the conclusion is true
whether it is interesting
Instructor The answer can be found in Section 2.2, “Putting Arguments in the
Explanation: Standard Form,” of With Good Reason: A Guide to Critical Thinking.
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:
Question 2. Question : Which of the following is a claim?
Student Answer:
Calculate the velocity of the alpha particle.
Did you calculate the velocity of the alpha particle?
, Awesome!
Alpha particles are bare protons.
Instructor The answer can be found in Section 2.1, “Arguments in Logic,”
Explanation: of With Good Reason: A Guide to Critical Thinking.
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:
Question 3. Question : Intellectual modesty is __________.
Student Answer:
the ability to examine one’s own beliefs and be objective
about faults in those beliefs
the tendency to desire to be right in all circumstances
the ability to attack others’ beliefs in the attempt to prove
them wrong
the ability to bring about the good in one’s life
